Vancouver Consignment Store

I am just trying to see what your thoughts are of a consignment store in Vancouver. This store would specialize mainly in kicks but apparel is always welcome. Would you support such a store?

For those who do not know what consignment is, it is basically a method of selling merchandise. If you have apparel or footwear you would like to sell, this store would be able to help you shelf it and sell it to customers. Upon this sale, the store would receive a small commission while the rest would be given back to its original owner. If you would like to see an example of this concept, check out Flight Club in USA. They specialize in rare/limited Air Jordan kicks as well as other limited/rare footwear.

Please express your opinions about this consignment concept! Would you support/participate in it?

You sound like a 17 year old with no idea what it's like to run a small business. How are you going to pay your lease? Bills? Employees? Etc?

Generally speaking, if something ISN'T being done, there's a good reason for it. This is a prime example.

Actually, I am a 4th year business student and, actually, yes I have already planned out the leasing, bills, and all the other costs associated with running this business.

Thanks for your concern. We are still planning everything out so that it runs perfectly when we prepare to launch. The only reason we haven't been following our planning schedule is because we have been learning about other stores that may be opening in the lower mainland and we are figuring out how that would affect us. Keep in mind that we are also in our latter stages in University so it is not all lovey dovey in terms of workloads.

Just kicks? You failed already. I'm sorry. The time of sneakers bring a hyped, sought after commodity are LONG gone. The sneaker scene has been dead for years even in the US and Vancouver's scene is microscopic compared to even the smallest market in the US. Where is the profit? Someone brings in a pair of DS Tiffany's, market value is around 350-400 I think, you charge 10%, maybe 20% when and IF it sells. You bank a whopping $40 on one of your industries holy grails. It's a catch 22 because the VAST majority of people bringing you items will be doing so because the scene is dead and they are moving on. The very people that you will be relying on as customers are the very ones that will be dumping their garbage on you.I have a copy of Amazing Fanatsy #15, first appearance of Spider-Man, market value $15,000. Good luck finding someone to actually pay that. No one cares (anymore).

Just kicks? You failed already. I'm sorry. The time of sneakers bring a hyped, sought after commodity are LONG gone. The sneaker scene has been dead for years even in the US and Vancouver's scene is microscopic compared to even the smallest market in the US. Where is the profit? Someone brings in a pair of DS Tiffany's, market value is around 350-400 I think, you charge 10%, maybe 20% when and IF it sells. You bank a whopping $40 on one of your industries holy grails. It's a catch 22 because the VAST majority of people bringing you items will be doing so because the scene is dead and they are moving on. The very people that you will be relying on as customers are the very ones that will be dumping their garbage on you.
I have a copy of Amazing Fanatsy #15, first appearance of Spider-Man, market value $15,000. Good luck finding someone to actually pay that. No one cares (anymore).

Something is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

well spoken, i used to want to collect sb's.. i dont see a point now, my taste is completely different shoes

Well said CBOOM and I totally agree to that. However, what amazes me is the amount of sneakers that are being sold out on the first day they are released in present time. Somehow, there are still people out there that are still interested in buying something they sought after. Yes, I just said that we are only specializing in kicks, but again, we are still planning this whole thing out.

front already does this, but i'd love to see this for a male clothing store. itd be nice if it was located somewhere downtown or in gastown too. definitely would check out the store at least once a month